Saviors of Equestria

The tree-house was full of bustling activity as the ponies moved around and packed their items for travel. Rainbow decided to get all war-paint and bandanas on everyone, so now, everybody had on at least a bandana. Applejack felt an adrenaline rush as she heard sirens blaring across Ponyville, her heart thudding in her chest.

She grinned, shouldering a rifle she had found under one of the floorboards of the treehouse (Oh Apple Bloom) and turned to the other ponies, pride warming her body as she took in her friends who were ready for just about anything.

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Princess Celestia paced around her throne room, mumbling incoherent things underneath her breath. Her younger sister, Princess Luna, sat near the steps leading up to the luminous throne, her ears lying down with fear and anxiety.

"Sister, do you think Twilight actually believes we are going to behead her??" Luna lowered her voice so it wouldn't echo across the room. Celestia stopped pacing and settled down on the reddish-purple carpet.

"I feel like I was very convincing when I said that. But what could I do? They were watching us, Luna! They might even be watching us right now! If we give any indication that we don't want this for our citizens, they will detonate the bombs placed strategically throughout entire castle, and if that manages to not kill us and the majority of the ponies, who knows what they will do next, having drained us of our power.."

Luna sighed. "They already have Princess Cadence, since she's already voiced her concern about the true outcome of all of this. Lyrica Lilac and Sealed Scroll had her taken to those detainment camps.. Oh, Star Swirl knows what's happened to her by now!!"

Celestia let her head drop with despair. "What can we do now? I've implicitly given orders to the military to not harm as much ponies as they can, but I do not think they have listened. They are rampaging around the streets of Ponyville as we speak, I suppose."

Luna rolled her eyes around in her head while scrunching up her face slightly. "What has become of Mayor Mare, Tall Order, and Lady Justice?" She asked, confident that they were in on the whole fiasco as well. Celestia looked slightly confused before a look of recognition crossed her face.

"Those ponies that are part of the government? Yes, I believe they are MIA at the moment, I haven't seen them for a few days. But all aside, sister, what do we do? We can't turn against the nobles because they'll kill us.. How do we help the ponies?!" Celestia was dropping her formal demeanor and was completely and freely, freaking the hell out.

Luna turned her head towards to windows, watching the explosions go off in various places and make the ground vibrate dully. "The best we can do for now, until our powers return to us, is try not to hurt anyone, whether it be directly or indirectly."

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"Okay ya'll! We gotta get some food and ammunition, and a secret base if we hope to live through these times! So errbody, let's go get em!" Applejack yelled, thrusting her hoof into the air confidently as the ponies voiced their agreement loudly.

Slowly and quietly, the ponies filed out of the tree-house, keeping their eyes peeled for anything and everything. They talked quietly as they walked down the deserted path and back into the paved streets of Ponyville.

"Suppose we raid Area 51 for some jets?" Rainbow was suggesting, a bounce in her step when she trotted. The CMC agreed, all energized and ready as Twilight had healed them all before they left. Applejack was just about to respond but Twilight beat her to it.

"You do realize that we could get caught and taken to their detainment camps?" She snapped, shifting the bag she held on her back with ease. Rainbow chuckled. "But if we can distract anyone guarding the place, we could get one! It would be a great advantage to help fighting those piss-shits."

Applejack clucked her tongue disapprovingly. "We do not use that sort of motherfucking language in this goddamn place!" Everypony became silent and stared at AJ with one eyebrow raised. "What?" AJ asked, confused.

"Nothing. Although-" Twilight was cut off when the sound of approaching jets got louder. It was a jet, or more accurately, eight of them.   Rockwell B-1 Lancers soared a way off from the Mane 6, diving and soaring upward around Ponyville. Fluttershy's eyes widened as she pointed to the jets in terror.

"They're dropping bombs!" Fluttershy screamed, her voice nearly lost in the sound of the jets. Rarity rolled her eyes. "Please dear, don't be-" The white unicorn was cut off as a bomb dropped from one of the nearby and hit the ground, sending off an ear-shattering boom and the aftershock.

The ground shook hard as the winds picked up to about 200 MPH, nearly throwing the rebel militia into the air. "Duck and cover!!" Twilight screamed as the force of the bomb dropping roiled through the streets. Fluttershy shrieked as she got knocked into a nearby window, glass shattering everywhere, while Rainbow Dash attempted to hold onto a lamppost with the wind tearing at her face.

Apple Bloom charged after Fluttershy and hopped through the window. The small filly obviously fell a bit short as a yell of agony was heard from the inside.

"Apple Bloom, stay where yeh are!" Applejack bellowed as the wind whipped at her blonde mane, before turning around and facing another bomb dropping.

"Celestia help us!" Rarity screamed, getting jolted off her hooves while desperately trying to cling to the hard-packed earth. Sweetie Belle shrieked as another bomb exploded only about a half a mile away, another aftershock blowing everypony, including ponies that had just come out of hiding from their houses, to the sky. It was a writhing, screaming mess.

Applejack yelled curses as her vision darkened then lightened abnormally before a hard landing knocked the wind out of her. From there, she kept tumbling down and down into a dark hole it seemed until her head struck a rock with a sickening thwack and everything went dark.